1.   AUSTIN, Texas - Dell Computer Corp. may be in talks with printer maker Lexmark International Inc. about a partnership, a Wall Street analyst said Monday.

2.   A. The cost of laser printers is dropping rapidly, the result of a price war initiated by Hewlett-Packard, the leading printer maker.

3.   But Daniel Crane, vice president of marketing for the printer maker Epson America, thinks forecasts that supply sales will outstrip printer sales are exaggerated.

4.   But now, the printer maker has sent me a floppy disk with an updated driver.

5.   But to get the best-quality color production, your printer might require a special paper, usually something made by the printer maker.

6.   Connecticut stocks rose, led by Xerox Corp., whose shares climbed after an analyst raised his rating on the copier and computer printer maker.

7.   Epson and Canon are two printer makers trying to catch the market leader, Hewlett-Packard.

8.   Executives at Lexmark International Inc., a smaller but fast-growing printer maker, seemed similarly unfazed.

9.   In April, printer maker Lexmark International Group Inc. said steep price cuts for printers would hurt second-quarter sales.

10.   Kunstler said the weak results had been partly foreshadowed by Lexmark, a competing printer maker.